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4700 students lose Kela benefit due to lack of study progress

The Social Insurance Institution-Kela decided to discontinue student financial aid for about 4700 students due to insufficient progress in their studies, said Kela in a press release on Monday. Kela in autumn monitored the study progress of about 283,000 students, who received financial aid in the academic year 2024-2025

Published: 01:52 am,Saturday 13 December 2025

67% students leave study after passing matriculation exam in spring 2024

A total of 67 per cent of students remained outside of education after passing the matriculation examination in spring 2024, according to Statistics Finland. According to the Statistics, there were 26,000 new completers of the matriculation examination in the spring term 2024. Seventy-seven per cent of the qualified students

Published: 20:45 pm,Friday 12 December 2025

New Act brings changes to YKI tests from Jan

There will be number of changes to the National Certificates of Language Proficiency (YKI) from beginning of 2026 following the amendment to the respective Act, said the Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release on Friday. Some YKI tests are becoming free of charge, the conditions for

Published: 20:32 pm,Friday 21 November 2025

11,500 students offered places in Finnish higher Edu autumn session

A total of 11,500 students were offered admission in the autumn joint application to higher educational institutions in Finland, said the Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release on Friday. The number of applicants was 33,900 in the joint application, of whom 34 %, were offered admission.

Published: 00:18 am,Saturday 8 November 2025

Academic of the Year award goes to Timo Stewart

The Union of Research Professionals on Friday awarded researcher and author Timo R. Stewart as the Academic of the Year 2025, said the union in a press release. The justifications for presenting Stewart with the award stated that he has been clear and tireless in introducing into public discourse

Published: 22:39 pm,Saturday 25 October 2025

Jolkkonen named Aalto EE's Alum of the Year 2025

Aalto University Executive Education (Aalto EE) selected Juha Jolkkonen, Executive Director for the Social Services, Health Care, and Rescue Services Division at the City of Helsinki, as the Alum of the Year 2025. The Alumni of the Year from Aalto University's schools were announced at the Aalto Alumni Weekend

Published: 23:48 pm,Tuesday 14 October 2025

DNA: Data usage drops significantly after mobile phone ban at school

Mobile phone use in schools has generally decreased and in some school areas it decreased even significantly following the ban on use of mobile phone at Finnish schools, according to a study conducted by Finnish telecommunications company DNA. The new legislation took effect in August banning the use of

Published: 15:19 pm,Monday 13 October 2025

3 recipients share Nobel in economics

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr of the Netherlands, Philippe Aghion of France and Peter Howitt of Canada, reported Xinhua. Half of the prize goes to Mokyr "for having

Published: 00:39 am,Friday 10 October 2025

Finland to impose tuition fees on non-EU upper secondary students

The four-party alliance government led by Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP) has taken an initiative to impose tuition fees non-European Union students in upper secondary level. The government issued a legislative proposal on the matter on Thursday and intended that the legislative amendments will enter into force on August

Published: 14:42 pm,Wednesday 8 October 2025

Trio win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for metal-organic frameworks

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi were awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for developing metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced, reported Xinhua. "The Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry 2025 have created molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases

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